Bill would allow legislative leaders to join legal fight for SB 1070

A House committee on Tuesday endorsed legislation that would allow the House speaker and Senate president to initiate legal proceedings and appear on behalf of their chambers in support of SB 1070.

House Speaker Kirk Adams, R-Mesa, said he and Senate President Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, intend to use private funds to join Gov. Jan Brewer in defending the law.

“Our hope is that we will be able to solicit outside financial support from people all over the county to defend the legality of SB 1070,” Adams, author of HB 2537, told members of the House Committee on Government.

The committee endorsed the bill on a 6-3 vote, with Democratic Reps. Ben Arredondo of Tempe, Eric Meyer of Scottsdale and Katie Hobbs of Phoenix voting against it.

Daniel Scarpinato, director of communications for House Republicans, said allowing legislative leaders to participate in court action involving SB 1070 would add a unique perspective.

“[The leaders] want to make sure that the Legislature has a voice and a role given that the Legislature is the one who crafted the law initially,” he said.

The Obama administration sued Arizona in July, questioning the constitutionality of SB 1070, the controversial immigration law Arizona adopted last year. A federal judge has placed a temporary injunction on the law’s most controversial provisions.

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So, we can make a huge law that will and is draining the state budget of millions, even though it isn’t fully operational, we can make an effort to beg money to defend this controversial and ridiculous law, that deals with people who are not from our state, but we can’t seek outside support to help schools?

Seriously if illegal immigrants are using state social services like food stamps and medicaid, then why not investigate and shake down DES for not properly verifying a person’s citizenship status?

I am white and they shook me down for almost everything, but my underwear label. I seriously don’t believe they scrutinize everyone this way. My ex-boyfriend skated through with nary evidence of what I had to submit.

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